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Nationals, Jacob Barnes Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | February 16, 2024 at 8:41am CDT

The Nationals and right-handed reliever Jacob Barnes are in agreement on a minor league contract, reports Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com. The Vayner Sports client will presumably be in big league camp as a non-roster invitee.

Barnes has pitched in the majors every year since 2016, suiting up for eight different teams along the way. The 33-year-old had a strong start to his career with the Brewers from 2016-18, when he pitched to a 3.54 ERA and matching 3.55 FIP over the life of 147 1/3 frames, but he’s struggled in the five years since and slipped into journeyman status. Dating back to the 2019 season, Barnes has pitched 115 1/3 innings for the Brewers, Royals, Angels, Mets, Blue Jays, Yankees, Tigers and Cardinals — logging a combined 6.32 ERA with a 20.8% strikeout rate and 9.4% walk rate.

Despite those big league struggles, Barnes has produced at a steadily excellent clip in the upper minors. He’s pitched 134 innings over parts of six Triple-A seasons and turned in a stellar 2.15 earned run average. He’s fanned 24.1% of his opponents at that level against a 9% walk rate and has yielded only six total home runs — an average of just 0.4 round-trippers per nine innings pitched. The right-hander has above-average grounder rates and still averages better than 95 mph on his four-seamer. He’s been a two-pitch reliever throughout his career, typically leaning on a fairly standard four-seamer/slider profile.

The Nationals have largely sat out of the free agent market this offseason, with righty Dylan Floro standing as their only bullpen addition. The relief mix behind closer Kyle Finnegan and setup man Hunter Harvey is generally wide open, particularly with this week’s revelation of an injury to right-hander Mason Thompson. Floro and a returning Tanner Rainey (who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2022) will give manager Davey Martinez another pair of experienced arms on which to rely, but there’s plenty of opportunity in the Washington ’pen, should Barnes impress either in camp or in Triple-A Rochester to begin the season.

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5 Comments

  1. Birdieman2

    1 year ago

    Who?

    Reply
    • yeasties

      1 year ago

      No no, you got that wrong. You’re supposed to say “Wow!”

      Reply
      • Fanbase junkie

        1 year ago

        Exactly
        Wow- I can’t believe it

        Reply
  2. Fanbase junkie

    1 year ago

    Here we go again, the nationals front office and ownership has no respect at all for the fan base.
    They keep signing rejects after rejects and call it a roster
    I went to a game last season and we had all minor leaguers on the field
    Rebuilding
    Bull chips
    Wow another ownership ruining the fan base
    Damn

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    • Dmac141414

      1 year ago

      I say, give the FO credit. They got a haul for Soto, who would have walked after this year. We got zero for Harper and they didn’t let that happen again. Other than SP, this club is now very deep at several positions. This is another development year, 2025 and beyond is going to be like 2012 to 2019. Buckle up and enjoy

      Reply

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